{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":62754,"song":"Coconut Telegraph","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542304-coconut-telegraph-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62754?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":36,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\nCoconut Telegraph\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's Tuesday on the is-land[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNot much going on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe parties are all o-ver[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey ended just past dawn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe jungle drums are beat-ing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith the tales from late last night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause stories bear repea-ting[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor everyone's delight[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n     You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n     Can't keep nothin' under their hat[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n     You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\n     Sayin' who did dis and dat[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n     Dis and dat, dis and dat[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nNow I'm not one for dealing gossip\r\nBut was he that big a fool?\r\nTo do a belly buster high dive\r\nAnd miss the entire pool?\r\n\r\nAnd what became of sweet Melissa?\r\nAnd the boy nobody knew\r\nDid Ricardo ever find her?\r\nI swear it's just between me and you\r\n\r\n2nd Chorus:\r\n     But you can hear it on the coconut telegraph\r\n     By now everybody knows\r\n     You can hear it on the coconut telegraph\r\n     Just who comes and goes\r\n     Comes and goes, comes and goes\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\n     La  la la la   la la la        la  la la la   la la la[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n     La  la la la   (la la la la la)[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\n     La  la la la   (la la la la la)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIt's hump day on the island\r\nThe lines have all gone dead\r\nAll the juicy news is history\r\nI guess everything's been said\r\n\r\nBut when the eagle flies on Friday\r\nAnd the boys break out the rum\r\nThen the joint begins to jumpin'\r\nAnd you'll hear those hotlines hum\r\n\r\nLast Chorus:\r\n\r\n     Put it on the coconut telegraph\r\n     All the celebration and the stress\r\n     Baby put it on the coconut telegraph\r\n     In twenty-five words or less\r\n\r\n     I want to hear it on the coconut telegraph\r\n     All the celebration and the stress\r\n     Baby put it on the coconut telegraph\r\n     In twenty-five words or less\r\n     Dis and dat, comes and goes\r\n     Dis and dat, comes and goes\r\n\r\n//   Mike A. Hall           // \"If I don't die by Thursday,    //\r","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\nCoconut Telegraph\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow I'm not one for dealing gossip\nBut was he that big a fool?\nTo do a belly buster high dive\nAnd miss the entire pool?\n\nAnd what became of sweet Melissa?\nAnd the boy nobody knew\nDid Ricardo ever find her?\nI swear it's just between me and you\n\n2nd Chorus:\n     But you can hear it on the coconut telegraph\n     By now everybody knows\n     You can hear it on the coconut telegraph\n     Just who comes and goes\n     Comes and goes, comes and goes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt's hump day on the island\nThe lines have all gone dead\nAll the juicy news is history\nI guess everything's been said\n\nBut when the eagle flies on Friday\nAnd the boys break out the rum\nThen the joint begins to jumpin'\nAnd you'll hear those hotlines hum\n\nLast Chorus:\n\n     Put it on the coconut telegraph\n     All the celebration and the stress\n     Baby put it on the coconut telegraph\n     In twenty-five words or less\n\n     I want to hear it on the coconut telegraph\n     All the celebration and the stress\n     Baby put it on the coconut telegraph\n     In twenty-five words or less\n     Dis and dat, comes and goes\n     Dis and dat, comes and goes\n\n//   Mike A. Hall           // \"If I don't die by Thursday,    //","chords":["E","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}